Just bought the Readynas Ultra 2 Plus for streaming media to my PS3 by a good WiFi network.I chose the Ultra 2 Plus because it has a dualcore processor powerful enough for transcoding my movies so that my PS3 will work with all the diffrent formats that I have movies in. Now after some serious testing I realize that both "ReadyDLNA" and "Twonky" lack the simple feature to transcode movies on the fly. Ive spent a full week to search the web after i really good NAS with this feature and now when I own one it does not work, not fun at all!I see this as a key feature for a NAS made for home users. Most home users have their NASes for media storage and streaming, and the PS3 is now the most common mediabox in a normal household. Please upgrade the software with otf transcoding so it can work for all the PS3 users...//Johan

Depending on the video file resolution/format the transcoding is or isn't possible with Ultra2 Plus. Most probably not possible, regardless the dual core processor.Real-time transcoding is extremely hungry stuff.There is a SW for ReadyNAS that can do the transcoding, you can give it a try. The SW is called Plex Media Server. Here is a link for more info:http://www.readynas.com/?p=5523Quote from here:Because Plex Media Server will do real-time transcoding, you will need to run it on a super fast CPU, and there’s no faster desktop NAS to do that than the ReadyNAS Pro I also have a PS3 with Ultra, but I didn't give transcoding a try because I am almost sure the processor is too weak for this in the Ultra/Ultra2.

Note that Plex does not support the PS3

dudeeg wrote:Depending on the video file resolution/format the transcoding is or isn't possible with Ultra2 Plus. Most probably not possible, regardless the dual core processor.Real-time transcoding is extremely hungry stuff.I agree with dudeeg. I don't think the Ultra 2 Plus has the horsepower to handle on-the-fly transcoding. I tried Plex on my Pro-2 (same specs as the Ultra 2 Plus) with poor results but I was also trying to transcode 1080p and 720p rips to my iPhone.

Thanks for your answers on this question!The problem goes a little deeper though...Ive sucessfully transcoded videos on the fly with my old PC in the past using "TVersity". That crappy old PC i a single core AMD 1.2Ghz, 512 RAM and a slow memory-bus that runs in only 330. That old PC did it for me. Problem though is that is sounds as a vaccum-cleaner, for that reason I really want the NAS to manage it right, Its the future... Ive never tested 1080p material on my old PC but 720P worked fine. Ive recently read about a transcoding test thats works on a far slower NAS than mine. The important thing seems to be to do the transcoding in the right way. Many old-style transcoders just converts the whole file and creates a new one on the fly and that takes alot of horsepower. A modern way of transcoding is just to swap the container on the file (example from avi to mpeg) and let the rest just slide by in the stream. The diffrence in CPU usage is huge and the technique is not hard to manage or exotic in any manner.I just hope that someone will solve this problem...

That only works if the video & audio stream formats are directly supported by the client - Plex, for example, does this when streaming to mobile clients. But it does not work in all instances and is of course heavily dependent on client capabilities.

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TeknoJnky

Hero

Aug 11, 2011

dudeeg wrote:
I think it is quite simple. Everyone -including Sony- knows that the most of the illegal HD content (eg BluRay grabs) is distributed in mkv format.
Why would they support this? Sony is a 'publisher', it is not okay for them to support pirate mkvs.

dudeeg wrote:
I think it is quite simple. Everyone -including Sony- knows that the most of the illegal HD content (eg BluRay grabs) is distributed in mkv format. Why would they support this? Sony is a 'publisher', it is not okay for them to support pirate mkvs.

While I don't disagree that alot of illegal content may be distributed in mkv, that is exactly ZERO difference than other illegal content being distributed in ZIP or ISO or AVI or XVID or MP3 or FLAC etc etc.

MKV is a file format. Legal content can be contained in MKV just as legal content can be contained in MP3 or any other file format.

/rant off

Lets ban ZIP files since illegal files can be stored in them!

/sarcasm off

dudeeg
Aspirant
Aug 12, 2011
I fully agree with you, but still I think this can be one reason why they don't support it. From technical point of view it is not challenging at all for a PS3 to play an mkv, so then why not?

I give you an example that is somehow comparable to this: in my country we have to pay an additional tax for each and every blank CD, DVD, usb stick, SD card etc that we buy, simply because you are able to store copied music/films on them, and this tax then goes to an organization that claims they are re-distributing the money from this tax amongst artists, musicians etc.
So basically they suppose that if I buy a blank CD/DVD, then for sure I will store 'stolen' mp3s on it, and not my data, photos, etc...so I have to pay.
And this is by law.
Runningfree
Aspirant
Aug 13, 2011
Hi ipaul81

In thease last days I´ve tested both 720p and 1080p streamed to my PS3. It works good on my WiFi network.

I use the D-link DIR-635 N-router mouted in the middle of my house on the second floor, the PS3 is at the far end of the first floor, I use the readynas ultra 2 plus direct connected to the router. I use regular Western 5400/rev discs and no special settings. All the tested movies is Xvid. It works with twonky and the standard streamer. I´ve not yet tested with all types of 1080p movies, it will problibly fail with super high bitrate ones. But I will test that later on...

The key thing with a good WiFi I think is to find a set channel on the router with low interference. If you have problem start with the router..

//Johan
Runningfree
Aspirant
Aug 13, 2011
I think It´s simple lazyness from Sonys side. They have a great product and they don´t want to develop It more. Sony got BluRay players with WiFi and support for mkv so they do think its ok to use it. Mkv is great for legal purposes as home movies and to have your own bought DVD collection on your NAS.
I´ve used TVersity for a long while to transcode all kinds of movie, music and picture formats and it works prefectly! If someone were to port Tversity to the readynas It would be great

//Johan
ipaul81
Aspirant
Aug 22, 2011
Yeah I agree with you Johan. The PS3 has got some great potential however Sony are just doing nothing with it. Even the menu system on the PS3 is starting to look dated. How about some intergration with IMDB for example. Teh PS3 cost a fair bit of money back in the day and Sony should consider this whilst they sit on thier hands.

BTW, I am really impressd with PS3 media server. Not bad for a freeware. I can save movies with Subtitle files on my readynas and stream them to my PS3 via PS3 meadia server software. Works really well :)
yupsolo
Aspirant
Aug 22, 2011
The Ps3 media server addon need to be restarted/updated!!

we can't find the addons, it's dated and ureliable.

Do you still to have sorces codes/addons?

We need, as users, to get our Readynas a GOOD media streamer like PS3 media server or Serviio.

Qnap and other NAses have them!! Not us!

come on!

dudeeg

Aspirant

Aug 23, 2011

ipaul81 wrote:
Yeah I agree with you Johan. The PS3 has got some great potential however Sony are just doing nothing with it. Even the menu system on the PS3 is starting to look dated. How about some intergration with IMDB for example. Teh PS3 cost a fair bit of money back in the day and Sony should consider this whilst they sit on thier hands.

BTW, I am really impressd with PS3 media server. Not bad for a freeware. I can save movies with Subtitle files on my readynas and stream them to my PS3 via PS3 meadia server software. Works really well :)

ipaul81 wrote:
Yeah I agree with you Johan. The PS3 has got some great potential however Sony are just doing nothing with it. Even the menu system on the PS3 is starting to look dated. How about some intergration with IMDB for example. Teh PS3 cost a fair bit of money back in the day and Sony should consider this whilst they sit on thier hands. BTW, I am really impressd with PS3 media server. Not bad for a freeware. I can save movies with Subtitle files on my readynas and stream them to my PS3 via PS3 meadia server software. Works really well :)

From where you do you have this add-on for your ReadyNAS? I am looking for such server for exactly the same purpose (subtitle file support)

Thanks,
G.

yupsolo
Aspirant
Aug 24, 2011
I can provide some dated Addons for PS3 MS:

1- java 1.6 addon
2- mencoder, mplayer, +++ (mencoder not working for me)
3- Linux version of PS3 Media server. (update for the latest is very easy: only need to replace one file)

if mencoder is not used, no subtitles ( to my knowledge)

PM if u need them to test them/explore.
grimloch
Aspirant
Aug 27, 2011
I jail broke my ps3 and installed showtime media player. Works well streaming 720p mkv files using readydlna. I believe some people have had success streaming 1080p by increasing showtime's buffer size.

ipaul81

Aspirant

Sep 08, 2011

dudeeg wrote:
ipaul81 wrote:
Yeah I agree with you Johan. The PS3 has got some great potential however Sony are just doing nothing with it. Even the menu system on the PS3 is starting to look dated. How about some intergration with IMDB for example. Teh PS3 cost a fair bit of money back in the day and Sony should consider this whilst they sit on thier hands.

BTW, I am really impressd with PS3 media server. Not bad for a freeware. I can save movies with Subtitle files on my readynas and stream them to my PS3 via PS3 meadia server software. Works really well :)

From where you do you have this add-on for your ReadyNAS? I am looking for such server for exactly the same purpose (subtitle file support)

Thanks,
G.

http://www.ps3mediaserver.org/ BUt its not a readynas add on. This is installed on your PC or Mac. The files on your Readnas can be streamed to the PS3 via this media server. Thsi means you can play MKv's and subtitle suppoprt. Only downside is you need to have your PC or Mac on to do this. Not ideal

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